Guangzhou Port and Evergreen Marine jointly build “Cloud Storage Yard” for sea-rail transport

Recently, a train fully loaded with containers of Evergreen Corp has slowly movedinto Nansha Port South Station, marking the official opening of “Cloud Storage Yard”, a railway storage yard initiated by Evergreen and Guangzhou Port. It can effectively meet inland customers’ needs for taking delivery and returning the containers in overseas trading and improve container turnover efficiencyasa green, low-carbon and inclusive dual-mode logistics channel, according to the company’s release.

It is reported that inadvantage of the dry port of Guangzhou Portand the railway hub in Nansha Portarea, the “Cloud Storage Yard” centers on Railway Storage Yard ofNansha Port South Station to connect many inland railways.

During the flexible period when Evergreen’s containers are free of charge, the logistics of Guangzhou Port can transfer Evergreen’s empty containers to any inland railway station or return its import containers to the destination railway station, all of which is deemedas returning fromNansha Port South Station. In this way, tough problems can be solved. For example, inland sea-rail transportcan shorten the time of transferring empty containers, and prolong the time of using import containers. It can approximately savetheshipping costs by 20%and reduce thesea-rail transporttime by 40% for inland customers to take delivery and return containers in local railway stations.

In recent years, Guangzhou Port Group has kept strengthening the construction of sea-rail transport channel in active response to the requirements of optimization of national transportation structure. As a supporting railway hub inNansha Port and a loading base forsea-rail transport, Nansha Port South Station connects 10 provinces and 30 inland dry ports. A basic logistics service network of “office+sea-railtransport+cargo shuttle” has been builttofurther highlight its role as a hub opening to the world.

Recently, a train fully loaded with containers of Evergreen Corp has slowly movedinto Nansha Port South Station, marking the official opening of “Cloud Storage Yard”, a railway storage yard initiated by Evergreen and Guangzhou Port. It can effectively meet inland customers’ needs for taking delivery and returning the containers in overseas trading and improve container turnover efficiencyasa green, low-carbon and inclusive dual-mode logistics channel, according to the company’s release.

It is reported that inadvantage of the dry port of Guangzhou Portand the railway hub in Nansha Portarea, the “Cloud Storage Yard” centers on Railway Storage Yard ofNansha Port South Station to connect many inland railways.

During the flexible period when Evergreen’s containers are free of charge, the logistics of Guangzhou Port can transfer Evergreen’s empty containers to any inland railway station or return its import containers to the destination railway station, all of which is deemedas returning fromNansha Port South Station. In this way, tough problems can be solved. For example, inland sea-rail transportcan shorten the time of transferring empty containers, and prolong the time of using import containers. It can approximately savetheshipping costs by 20%and reduce thesea-rail transporttime by 40% for inland customers to take delivery and return containers in local railway stations.

In recent years, Guangzhou Port Group has kept strengthening the construction of sea-rail transport channel in active response to the requirements of optimization of national transportation structure. As a supporting railway hub inNansha Port and a loading base forsea-rail transport, Nansha Port South Station connects 10 provinces and 30 inland dry ports. A basic logistics service network of “office+sea-railtransport+cargo shuttle” has been builttofurther highlight its role as a hub opening to the world.